Entertainment: I just want to be the boss behind the scenes

Chapter 500: Two women fight, and President Meng wins

Speaking of which, the leading actors of several movies in this year's Spring Festival have participated in the Spring Festival Gala, such as Jia Ling and Zhang Xiaofei from "Hello, Li Huanying", Li Qin from "Assassination of Novelist", Liu Haocun from "On the Cliff", and Andy Lau and Wan Qian from "Raging Fire".

Meng Bai, who had been sitting at the scene for several hours, was drowsy most of the time. Only Ni Ni, who was wearing a white coat and stewardess outfit, brightened his eyes.

Speaking of which, I haven’t seen this girl for a long time. We can make an appointment to try out her new skin later.

In addition, he noticed a detail in his boredom. There were two singing and dancing programs tonight, and Evergrande's "National Song and Dance Troupe" appeared in both of them.

At a time when Evergrande is at the center of controversy, CCTV still invited them to the Spring Festival Gala, which makes people wonder whether this is some kind of signal that it wants to send to the outside world.

Of course, another possibility is that it is a purely commercial act. After all, before this, the Evergrande Song and Dance Troupe had performed on the Spring Festival Gala four times, and they can be considered an excellent team that has cooperated for many years.

Meng Bai pondered over this matter for a long time, and finally couldn't help but curse the Spring Festival Gala director team - if they hadn't made the show so ugly, he wouldn't have to analyze these boring issues that had nothing to do with him!
Accompanied by teacher Li Guyi's "Unforgettable Tonight", New Year's Eve ends and the Spring Festival officially arrives.

For most people, this means starting to visit relatives and friends or go traveling. For the film industry, it means the box office battle for the new year's Spring Festival has officially begun.

Li Qin: [The box office on the first day of the Lunar New Year was 1.5 million. Isn’t this a good number? ]

Li Qin: [Yesterday was the second day of the Chinese New Year, how come the box office dropped to 1.1 million? Does this number mean that the movie is going to flop? ]

Li Qin: [It’s not bad, it’s not bad, it’s up to 1.3 million again on the third day of the Lunar New Year. It seems that everyone was busy visiting relatives or going out to play yesterday.]

Li Qin: [How come the single-day box office dropped by 30 million again on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year! ]

Li Qin: [……]

During the entire Spring Festival holiday, Meng Bai didn't need to read the company's reports at all. Every morning, Li Qin would send him various data from the previous day and her thoughts, which was more punctual than the daily information statistics from the cinema.

There is no way. She has participated in more than a dozen movies over the years, but the only ones she really played the leading role were the previous "Psychological Crime: City Lights" and this "Assassination of Novelist".

Strictly speaking, her roles as Yang Kaihui in The Founding of a Party and The Founding of an Army can be considered the heroine according to the awards submitted by the crew. However, she was too embarrassed to take credit for such a historical theme group film.

"Psychological Crime" was her first time to truly play the leading female role in a movie, but Meng Bai was there at the time, so she didn't worry about the box office performance at all and felt very secure.

But this time it’s different. Although "Assassination of Novelist" also has investment from Arc Light, it is only a co-producer. From script writing to actual filming, it has nothing to do with Meng Bai.

That's why she is like a "little swan" that has been freed from protection this time, full of huge uncertainty about her performance, especially when the pre-sale box office is a complete flop.

Fortunately, the actual situation was better than she expected.

Compared with the same period, although "Assassination of Novelist" has a little more inherent disadvantages, the content quality and visual effects are still acceptable, and therefore it has attracted many young audiences.

By the end of the Spring Festival holiday, the cumulative box office of "Assassination of Novelist" exceeded 700 million. According to the current trend, the total box office will definitely exceed 1 billion by the end of the release period.

The production and promotion costs of this movie are about 300 million, and it will definitely not be a loss if the total box office exceeds 1 billion.

For the heroine Li Qin, this big production can break even at the box office, which is already a preliminary achievement. From now on, this movie can be regarded as her achievement, so that the team will have sufficient confidence to fight for more resources in the future.

As for Li Qin's fans, they were even more excited. Although the movie has not yet been released, the cumulative total box office of her sister's top three movies has reached 1.6 billion so far.

Among all the "flowers born in the 90s", this result ranks second, with only Zhou Dongyu who has a box office of 21 billion ahead. Di Lieba, who ranks third, has only 5 million so far, a huge gap.

Of course, it can be seen from this ranking that the performance of this group of "90s flowers" in the film industry is indeed quite mediocre, and few of them are outstanding.

But this is not their problem. The previous batch of Mesozoic big flowers and "85 flowers" relied on their qualifications and connections to control most of the top resources.

The roles that fall into the hands of young actors are either the ones that are left over or the ones like "The Wandering Earth" that no one was optimistic about from the beginning.

Just like now, Zhou Dongyu and Li Qin are at the top of the “90s Flowers” not because they are the best or most appealing. The actual reason is that one has traditional Hong Kong capital behind them, while the other is backed by the new generation of industry giants.

But this situation cannot continue forever. In fact, as the young movie-watching group has grown up in recent years and become the new generation of main consumer groups, the film industry is also slowly being forced to accept changes.

The older generation of great directors have repeatedly failed. On the contrary, young and middle-aged directors like Chen Sicheng, Guo Fan, Han Han, Lu Yang, and Wen Muye are becoming more mature and are beginning to become the new mainstays.

For new directors, new stories naturally require new actors to present them. The older generation of "big stars" either have to give up their status and transform into TV dramas or online dramas, or they can only slowly disappear from the audience's sight and become memories of a period of time.

Back to Li Qin, the film did well, which finally put her worries to rest. Plus, the finale of "The Golden Years" was also aired, which made her feel even more relaxed.

The only thing that makes her a little upset right now is the new drama "The Rebel" which was aired right after "The Best of Times".

There is nothing wrong with the drama itself, but the bad thing is that its heroine is Li Yitong.

What made her even more concerned was that the ratings of this new drama had been rising since its premiere, and it had been ranked first in the national ratings for more than ten consecutive days. The rating was as high as 8.0, which directly crushed "The Golden Years" in terms of data.

Because of their similar appearance, the two girls are often mentioned together on the Internet. And because of Meng Bai, the two families have become each other's "number one rivals."

Qinying (the fan name of Li Qin) originally thought that with the recent box office success of "Assassination of Novelist", they could perfectly suppress the other party. Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, they were overtaken by the other party in the TV drama track.

The "Tongling" (Li Yitong's fans' name) who were a little frustrated a few days ago, are now even more proud and are preparing to fight back under the gathering of big fans. Naturally, the quarrel between the fans of both sides will inevitably mention Meng Bai.

One side said the other "looked depressed", while the other side said the other "had an artificial smile"; one side said the other "was just an imitation substitute", while the other side said "my sister came first and you came later"...

The fans were fighting so hard that they were bleeding, and even the protagonists of the fight got a little angry with each other.

It was impossible for the two girls to make an appointment and then fight each other, so they set their target on the common "bastard".

……

Sanlitun, Apartment One.

“Hmm…haha…haha…”

She was wearing a white JK uniform and a pleated skirt that barely covered her vital parts. Her two slender legs were wrapped in black stockings, but for some reason they were torn a few times, revealing her tender skin.

Meng Bai leaned back on the sofa, his mind still immersed in the joy that had just occurred.

In the past few days, Li Qin and Li Yitong, the two girls, seemed to have made an agreement, and were extremely gentle and obedient to him. Even the new postures and dress-up plays that he always refused before, they agreed to him without hesitation.

In response to this, Meng Bai had to rack his brains to find reasons to leave and go to the other side in order to maintain the balance between the two sides; on the other hand, he put many of his previous ideas into practice one by one and enjoyed the few days very much.

"Nothing." Meng Bai smiled, gently stroked the pink-haired girl in his arms, and whispered, "I say, you were awesome just now!"

Li Yitong pursed her lips, not knowing whether she should be proud or roll her eyes at this bastard.

"Tsk tsk, I didn't expect that our President Meng would have such a terrible plot in his head every day. I think you should go to neighboring Japan to expand your business, so as not to abuse me here every day."

"What do you mean by 'abusive'? This is clearly a hobby." Meng Bai said, "Besides, I don't know who was yelling at me just now, 'Don't stop' or something like that."

Li Yitong's cheeks turned red, obviously recalling how excited she was just now. She suddenly slapped the man under her in anger.

It was a pity that she was in a weak and delicate state at the moment, so it felt more like an ambiguous caress.

"And think about it, why do I ask you to change your outfit and style every time?"

"Because you're a pervert!"

"I haven't even mentioned the real pervert yet."

Meng Bai said this, and then his voice sank, softly and affectionately: "I just want to see more of you, and hope to fill my mind with your appearance."

Many cases have shown that men maintaining an intimate atmosphere with their partners after sex is an effective way to make women unable to extricate themselves. Although Boss Li's favorability towards him has exceeded the limit and cannot be displayed, it does not prevent Meng Bai from continuing to increase the value.

Obviously, this method is very effective. Li Yitong stared at Meng Bai with watery eyes, holding him tightly with both hands, as if she wanted to rub herself into his body.

"Will you be back tomorrow?"

"Not tomorrow, or in other words, not for the next period of time." Meng Bai said: "The company's new drama is about to start filming. This project is very important. I have to keep an eye on it for a while."

The "new project" he mentioned is "Sweeping Dark Storm". The script for this drama was only started after the National Day last year, and then the project preparation began rapidly at the end of the year.

Recently, Wang Wei has already selected the actors and can start filming.

After Meng Bai cut out the useless "reporter line" in the script, there are still four main characters in this drama.

One is the core male protagonist of the whole play, "Li Chengyang", played by Sun Honglei. Although his image has been somewhat damaged due to his frequent appearances in variety shows in recent years, it has to be said that he is still very capable in the field of "good and evil".

The second is the young policeman "Lin Hao", and the actor was chosen by the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, and Bai Yu was chosen.

Next is "He Yong", the team leader representing the supervision group, and the actor is Liu Yijun. Counting the previous "The Pretender" and "The Beginning", this is their third collaboration.

Finally, there is the villain "Gao Mingyuan", who is known as the "Minister of the Green Ivy Underground Organization". The actor chosen is Wang Zhifei, who played Shang Yang in "The Qin Empire".

Because the theme of "anti-gangsterism" is quite serious, Wang Wei and his team basically chose talented actors when selecting actors. Bai Yu, the only popular actor, had previously proved his acting ability through the role of "Jiang Yang".

The entire project took less than three months from writing the script to starting filming, mainly because there were many ready-made venue props left over from the previous "Green Ivy Series", which greatly shortened the preparation time. However, the project specifications were not compromised at all, on the contrary, everyone was very serious.

After all, this is an officially-led project. If it is shot badly, not only will there be a loss of revenue, but it will also have a bad impact on ArcLight as a whole.

Therefore, Meng Bai decided to personally take charge of the crew during the early stages of filming.

This has nothing to do with the fact that the two girls are becoming less and less likely to be fooled by his reasons recently.

(End of this chapter)